- Jun 5, 2001
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Well it happened, I finished the Miller Canyon ride, and I remembered it too! Only 4 of us showed up for it, not bad though, easy to keep everyone together. We had the pleasure of taking Farmer John with us on the ride. He was out in BFE racing some enduro, desert thingy and he decided to join us. Good meeting you John!
It was Farmer John, Oldandslo, RMJeff and myself. We staged at Pilot Rock I think, and rode from there. Oldandslo took a step off on the slippery hard pack fire road and that was about the extent of the dirtnaps. I ran into a tree, but it help me up so I throttled out of it and continued on.
We came to a few stream/river crossings and they were pretty deep. The Deep Creek crossing where the Jeeps rally was about 2-3 feet in depth and it pushed up over the front fender and seat. Jeff's WR took on some water so they had to drain some out cause it wasn't running right. I had water go over my seat and above my waist so it was pretty deep. We tried to cross at the other Deep Creek crossing, near a fishing hole, but it wasn't gonna happen. The rocks were slippery and the water was flowing pretty good with about 2-3 feet of depth. I started to try it, seeing is that I didn't do anything stupid yet on the ride! But after getting about 3 feet into the water and it was already above my front brake caliper, I chose to turn back and head for higher ground. Jeff and John said they'd follow if I made it and Oldandslo (Greg) wasn't really happy about having to try it but he agreed as well to go. I was reminded that we had to come back through it to get back so I said, "F it!":)
The rest of the ride went smooth, lots of rocky stuff, single tracks, trees, YES TREES, and alot of large water puddles. Those were the highlite of my ride cause Jeff seemed to be in just the right spot to get splish splashed with muddy water and all. Thannks Jeff for putting yourself in harms way for my entertainment, you da man.;)
We did about 50+ miles on the loop and had a great time. It was nice to meet John and have him ride in our neck of the woods. He owes us a ride up North and we'll probably take him up on it sometime in the near future.
Thanks for the guide Greg, and I think we are up for another Phelan ride soon, it's been a while.;)
Elk
It was Farmer John, Oldandslo, RMJeff and myself. We staged at Pilot Rock I think, and rode from there. Oldandslo took a step off on the slippery hard pack fire road and that was about the extent of the dirtnaps. I ran into a tree, but it help me up so I throttled out of it and continued on.
We came to a few stream/river crossings and they were pretty deep. The Deep Creek crossing where the Jeeps rally was about 2-3 feet in depth and it pushed up over the front fender and seat. Jeff's WR took on some water so they had to drain some out cause it wasn't running right. I had water go over my seat and above my waist so it was pretty deep. We tried to cross at the other Deep Creek crossing, near a fishing hole, but it wasn't gonna happen. The rocks were slippery and the water was flowing pretty good with about 2-3 feet of depth. I started to try it, seeing is that I didn't do anything stupid yet on the ride! But after getting about 3 feet into the water and it was already above my front brake caliper, I chose to turn back and head for higher ground. Jeff and John said they'd follow if I made it and Oldandslo (Greg) wasn't really happy about having to try it but he agreed as well to go. I was reminded that we had to come back through it to get back so I said, "F it!":)
The rest of the ride went smooth, lots of rocky stuff, single tracks, trees, YES TREES, and alot of large water puddles. Those were the highlite of my ride cause Jeff seemed to be in just the right spot to get splish splashed with muddy water and all. Thannks Jeff for putting yourself in harms way for my entertainment, you da man.;)
We did about 50+ miles on the loop and had a great time. It was nice to meet John and have him ride in our neck of the woods. He owes us a ride up North and we'll probably take him up on it sometime in the near future.
Thanks for the guide Greg, and I think we are up for another Phelan ride soon, it's been a while.;)
Elk